dangerous How Dangerous Is Bariatric Surgery? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: How Dangerous Is Bariatric Surgery?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 3/18/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/18/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous Is Thyroid Hormone Dangerously Overprescribed in Older Patients? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Is Thyroid Hormone Dangerously Overprescribed in Older Patients?Category: Health NewsCreated: 4/1/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/2/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous Extreme Obesity Linked to Dangerous Behaviors in Teens By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Extreme Obesity Linked to Dangerous Behaviors in TeensCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/26/2011 1:55:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous Pot-Booze Combo More Dangerous for Teen Drivers Than Alcohol Alone By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Pot-Booze Combo More Dangerous for Teen Drivers Than Alcohol AloneCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/28/2014 9:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/28/2014 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous Health Tip: Batteries May Be Dangerous for Kids By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Health Tip: Batteries May Be Dangerous for KidsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/2/2014 7:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/2/2014 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous FDA Cracks Down on Dangerous E-Cig Liquids That Resemble Cookies, Candy By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: FDA Cracks Down on Dangerous E-Cig Liquids That Resemble Cookies, CandyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/1/2018 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/2/2018 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous For People With Autism, Encounters With Police Can Turn Dangerous By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: For People With Autism, Encounters With Police Can Turn DangerousCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/3/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/3/2019 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous Prescription-Strength Steroid Creams Sold Over-the-Counter Can Be Dangerous By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Prescription-Strength Steroid Creams Sold Over-the-Counter Can Be DangerousCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/23/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/24/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous Blood Pressure Dips Upon Standing Might Not Be as Dangerous as Thought By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Blood Pressure Dips Upon Standing Might Not Be as Dangerous as ThoughtCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/28/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous How Dangerous Is General Anesthesia? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: How Dangerous Is General Anesthesia?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 3/5/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/7/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous Dangerously Hot Days for U.S. Farm Workers Could Double by 2050 By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Dangerously Hot Days for U.S. Farm Workers Could Double by 2050Category: Health NewsCreated: 5/5/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/6/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
dangerous The sun is too quiet, which may mean dangerous solar storms in future By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:00:24 +0000 Stars that are similar to the sun in every way we can measure are mostly more active than the sun, which hints that the sun’s activity may ramp up someday, risking solar eruptions Full Article
dangerous Stars in the Milky Way's centre often get dangerously close together By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:00:30 +0000 About 80 per cent of stars in the Milky Way’s central bulge have relatively close encounters with another star, which can fling off any planets orbiting them Full Article
dangerous The Blogger Behind "AI Weirdness" Thinks Today's AI Is Dumb and Dangerous By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:00:00 GMT Janelle Shane talks about the absurdity, perils, and limits of AI Full Article robotics robotics/artificial-intelligence
dangerous Dangerous Lies review – diverting yet dopey Netflix thriller By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T13:00:20Z A ridiculously titled film about a couple who stumble upon a stash of money is absurd and cliched but mostly entertainingOne of the most surprising reveals of last October’s unprecedented Netflix data dump was the astounding popularity of cheap psycho-thriller Secret Obsession. While the streamer proudly touted new films from Alfonso Cuarón, Paul Greengrass and the Coens in the same period, it was a no-star, dim-plotted slab of schlock that netted more viewers, with an estimated 40m households eager to find out just how secret that obsession really was. Modelled after a Lifetime TV movie (with a Lifetime TV director at the helm), it was an important victory for Netflix because it revealed a substantial audience for tiny-budgeted thrillers with generic titles, a bracket they could easily fill at little expense. Related: The Half of It review – charming Netflix teen comedy takes on Cyrano Continue reading... Full Article Thrillers (film) Film Netflix Culture
dangerous Bill Gates condemns Trump's 'dangerous' decision to stop WHO funding during coronavirus crisis By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-15T09:35:00Z Read our live updates on coronavirus HERE Coronavirus: The symptoms Full Article
dangerous Dangerous drivers hitting speeds of 151mph during lockdown as Home Secretary Priti Patel begs public to stay at home By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-25T14:42:00Z Home Secretary Priti Patel revealed that police have been called to respond to some "extraordinarily dangerous driving" as car lovers take advantage of the quieter roads "as their own personal race track". Full Article
dangerous 'Highly dangerous' man who pushed teenage girl over balcony after argument jailed for 14 years By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-29T19:32:13Z A 20-year-old man who threw a teenage girl over a stairwell balcony after an argument at a "pre-trial party" has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Full Article
dangerous The Press Is Amplifying a Dangerous Know-Nothing Ideology By www.thenation.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:32:38 +0000 Eric Alterman The anti-lockdown protests aren’t the first time the media has been swindled into cheerleading an extremist faux libertarianism. The post The Press Is Amplifying a Dangerous Know-Nothing Ideology appeared first on The Nation. Full Article
dangerous Lennie James: 'The Tories have been dishonest about coronavirus – it's a dangerous game' By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-01T13:54:56Z The creator and star of 'Save Me Too' talks to Ellie Harrison about government failings, growing up without his father, and why he's not ready to write about racism Full Article
dangerous My streaming gem: why you should watch The Most Dangerous Game By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T06:25:19Z The latest in our series of writers recommending hidden films available to stream is a invite to travel back to 1932 for a brutal thrillerSome film tropes get wheeled out so often they create their own furrow. Perhaps that’s why the timeworn premise of “man hunting man” has evolved into its own disreputable but seemingly indestructible mini-genre. This year has already seen the deferred release of scattershot satire The Hunt, a button-pushing thriller from the Blumhouse production line in which snooty US liberals kidnap and stalk blue-collar “deplorables” in a customised paddock sited far from flyover country. Related: 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems Continue reading... Full Article Film Culture Thrillers (film)
dangerous The Sydney Gays podcast was hounded by trolls and critics, and it sends a dangerous message to creatives By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:15:00 +1100 Sometimes being creative involves getting burnt. It's a lesson two gay podcasters in Sydney learnt the hard way. Full Article ABC Radio Sydney sydney Arts and Entertainment:All:All Community and Society:All:All Community and Society:Gays and Lesbians:All Education:All:All Education:Bullying:All Information and Communication:Internet:All Australia:All:All Australia:NSW:Sydney 2000
dangerous BOM issues dangerous wind warning as dust blankets drought-ravaged towns By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 12:42:00 +1100 Extreme winds are churning up dust from Broken Hill to Sydney, with some parts of the central west turning red and forcing residents to eat dinner under bedsheets so as not to spoil their food. Full Article ABC Radio Sydney brokenhill centralwest westernplains sydney Disasters and Accidents:Drought:All Weather:All:All Australia:NSW:All Australia:NSW:Broken Hill 2880 Australia:NSW:Condobolin 2877 Australia:NSW:Dubbo 2830 Australia:NSW:Sydney 2000
dangerous Bill Gates, in rebuke of Trump, calls WHO funding cut 'as dangerous as it sounds' By www.brisbanetimes.com.au Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:25:19 GMT The Microsoft co-founder said halting funding for the World Health Organisation during a world health crisis was "as dangerous as it sounds". Full Article
dangerous Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists' names By www.sbs.com.au Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 08:48:00 +0000 Adani sought the names of government scientists who reviewed a crucial plan for its Queensland coal mine. Full Article Australia Business Science
dangerous Just How Dangerous Is the 'Murder Hornet'? By www.scientificamerican.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 15:00:00 GMT Its sting is excruciating to people, but it is a bigger threat to honeybees vital for agriculture -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Full Article Public Health Sustainability Environment Biology
dangerous State Department Employee Indicted on Domestic Battery Charges for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 18:58:40 EDT Michael Makalou, a State Department employee, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm. Full Article OPA Press Releases
dangerous Former State Department Employee Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Assaulting His Wife with a Dangerous Weapon By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:24:03 EDT Michael Makalou, 41, a former State Department employee, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for assaulting his wife with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride. Full Article OPA Press Releases
dangerous Nationwide Sweep by U.S. Marshals Puts 345 Dangerous Sex Offenders Behind Bars By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 May 2013 10:47:45 EDT Today the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) concluded Operation Guardian, a three-year, national initiative specifically targeting the country’s most dangerous noncompliant sex offenders. Deputy Marshals and law enforcement partners arrested 345 individuals who had failed to register with state authorities as required by law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
dangerous Government Files Enforcement Action Against Four California Companies and Six Individuals to Stop the Importation of Dangerous Children’s Products By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:19:49 EST The government has asked a federal court in California to issue an injunction shutting down the importation and sales activities of four California companies and six individuals in connection with their imports of illegal children’s products containing, among other things, lead, phthalates and small parts inappropriate for children under age three. Full Article OPA Press Releases
dangerous These are the most dangerous jobs you can have in the age of coronavirus By www.nbcnews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:34:48 GMT For millions of Americans, working at home isn't an option. NBC News identified seven occupations in which employees are at especially high risk of COVID-19. Full Article
dangerous U.S. and Iranian Choices Are Getting Dangerously Narrow By www.belfercenter.org Published On :: Jan 8, 2020 Jan 8, 2020The smoke is still clearing from the drone strike that killed Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani, and from the Iranian retaliation against U.S. bases in Iraq, and any conclusions have to be tentative ones. But the history of U.S.-Iran conflict points to a narrow, and possibly dangerous, set of choices ahead. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous Sending Refugees Back Makes the World More Dangerous By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Nov 27, 2019 Nov 27, 2019Repatriating refugees to dangerous countries violates international law and breeds conflict, instability, and future crises. Regional work visas and long-term integration into host countries are more promising solutions. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous Sending Refugees Back Makes the World More Dangerous By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Nov 27, 2019 Nov 27, 2019Repatriating refugees to dangerous countries violates international law and breeds conflict, instability, and future crises. Regional work visas and long-term integration into host countries are more promising solutions. Full Article
dangerous Sending Refugees Back Makes the World More Dangerous By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Nov 27, 2019 Nov 27, 2019Repatriating refugees to dangerous countries violates international law and breeds conflict, instability, and future crises. Regional work visas and long-term integration into host countries are more promising solutions. Full Article
dangerous Sending Refugees Back Makes the World More Dangerous By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Nov 27, 2019 Nov 27, 2019Repatriating refugees to dangerous countries violates international law and breeds conflict, instability, and future crises. Regional work visas and long-term integration into host countries are more promising solutions. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous Sending Refugees Back Makes the World More Dangerous By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Nov 27, 2019 Nov 27, 2019Repatriating refugees to dangerous countries violates international law and breeds conflict, instability, and future crises. Regional work visas and long-term integration into host countries are more promising solutions. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By www.belfercenter.org Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous The Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of the field: Nuclear weapons are widely seen as bombs built never to be used. Historically, granular—even seemingly mundane—decisions about force structure, research efforts, or communicated strategy have confounded planners, sometimes causing the opposite of the intended effect. Full Article
dangerous Pakistan’s dangerous capitulation to the religious right on the coronavirus By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 20:00:05 +0000 Perform your ablutions at home. Bring your own prayer mats, place them six feet apart. Wear masks. Use the provided hand sanitizer. No handshakes or hugs allowed. No talking in the mosque. No one over 50 years old can enter. No children allowed. These guidelines are part of a list of 20 standard operating procedures that Pakistan’s… Full Article
dangerous Donald Trump's plan to build a wall is really dangerous By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 02:00:00 -0400 The GOP presidential candidate said he would ban immigrants from sending money home to Mexico. Donald Trump’s proposal to force Mexico to pay for a Wall guarding against the flux of immigrants into the U.S. made news this week, and rightfully so. Trump’s idea would be to curtail the ability of banks, credit unions, and wire transmission companies to send money abroad — a sharp departure from policy and law whose bipartisan aim has been to bring remittances to all countries into the financial mainstream and out from the shadowy illegal word of people moving cash in suitcases. Encouraging remittances to go through the financial system benefits everyone: it enhances the ability to combat terrorist finance and money-laundering, it reduces crime in both the U.S. and abroad, it increases economic growth in the U.S. and overseas, and it provides for greater competition and market incentives to allow people to keep more of their hard-earned money to use as they see fit. Moving in the opposite direction would be a major mistake. This is a big issue that affects a lot more people than one might think – more than just sending money to Mexico. In America today, more than 40 million people were born in other countries, a record number. This translates into just more than 1 in 8 Americans, a sharp increase from 1970 when fewer than 1 in 25 Americans were foreign born. Thus, it is not surprising that many people perceive America to have more foreign-born people than any time in their lifetime. However, that is not the case for the lifetime of America. Between the Civil War and the 1920s, America had as high — or higher — share of foreign born as we do today. Remittances are not a new phenomenon. Most American families likely sent remittances at some point whenever their family first immigrated. My great-grand father sent money back to what is today the Czech Republic so that his wife and their children (including my grandmother) could come and join him and escape what became the Second World War. Today, remittance flows go toward the new generation of American immigrants and the children of those immigrants. More than $120 billion was sent abroad in 2012 according to the Pew Center and while it is true that Mexico received the largest amount at just under $23 billion, the rest of the top 5 countries may surprise you: China ($13 billion), India ($12 billion), Philippines ($10.5 billion), and Nigeria ($6 billion). And old habits remain as Germany ($2.5 billion) and France ($2 billion) are still among the top 15 countries that receive remittances from the United States. This money comes in lots of small chunks, which can make sending it expensive. The typical new migrant worker sends money home around 14 times a year, which corresponds to once a month plus Mother’s Day and Christmas. These are usually small sums (less than $300) and represent an extraordinary level of savings given the worker’s income. The money goes through both the formal banking system including banks, credit unions, and wire transmitters who eventually use banks like Western Union and MoneyGram. Some goes through informal means, including “viajeros” who are people that literally carry cash in suitcases on planes that are often breaking the law and outside of the standard anti-money laundering and terrorist finance enforcement system. Why would anyone want to encourage that? The idea of using this flow of funds to try to implement other policy objectives, such as border control, would be a sharp departure from current practice. The Patriot Act and subsequent federal law governing remittances in financial laws like the Dodd-Frank Act were never intended to be used to threaten to cut off the flow of migrant worker remittances. These laws were intended to track and crack down on the flow of money laundering or support for illegal and terrorist organizations while at the same time providing consumer protections to workers who are sending hard-earned cash back home to their parents, grandparents, and children. In fact, the bipartisan goal of policy concerning remittances has been to encourage the flow of money to come into the official system and to discourage the flow of funds through the underground network. In 2004, then Federal Reserve Governor Ben Bernanke made clear that, “The Federal Reserve is attempting to support banks’ efforts to better serve immigrant populations, with remittances and other money transfers being a key area of interest.” House Financial Services Chairman Mike Oxley (R-OH) told President Bush’s then-Treasury Secretary John Snow, “Remittances between established and emerging economies foster growth in both types of economies simultaneously. I will be interested in hearing your views on how unnecessary costs can be eliminated in this area.” When Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced legislation that became the basis for today’s law that covers remittances, he had the simple goal to “increase transparency, competition and efficiency in the remittance market, while helping to bring more Americans into the financial mainstream.” The longstanding bipartisan support for bringing remittances into the financial mainstream is based on the fact that most immigrants, regardless of whether they are U.S. citizens, legal residents, or undocumented, send remittances. A system that tried to assert proof of citizenship or legal status upon wiring money overseas would be burdensome, costly, and ineffective at best and if effective, it would simply drive more money into illegal transmission schemes while increasing crime here in the U.S. and abroad. Imagine if an entire community knew that someone would be walking through their immigrant neighborhood with a suitcase full of tens of thousands of dollars in cash. Thought of another way, if I went to the bank to send money to my mother who lives in France part of the year, how would I prove that I’m a citizen? My driver’s license alone is not proof of legal status. Would I need to bring my passport? What if, like the majority of Americans, (62% according to the State Department) I don’t have a valid passport? Would I have to bring my birth certificate to the local Western Union? I guess the one positive thing from such a system is that it would help stop the email scams asking for money from a Nigerian Prince…. Aaron Klein is a fellow at the Brookings Institution and served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury Department from 2009 to 2012. He also serves as an unpaid member of the Clinton campaign’s Infrastructure Finance Working Group; he has not served as an advisor on any banking or finance issues. Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared on Fortune. Authors Aaron Klein Publication: Fortune Full Article